My Salvation Game Became true?!

Chapter 133: Chapter 132 Selecting Students, Exchange Learning

Their investigators’ orientation training often lasts between three months and half a year. Those who have gone through the training and passed the assessment can take up their positions and become a glorious Level Three Investigator.

Of course, due to the current changes in the situation, the training time has been repeatedly shortened, from half a year to three months, then to two months, and finally one and a half months.

Many investigators would step onto the battlefield with the status of ‘trainees’ even though they had not passed all the assessments.

Yet even so, there would always be one month of training time—these were the chosen warriors who already had robust bodies and unwavering willpower before undergoing professional training.

What about the students from Xinhuo?

Their origins were not very clear to them, but among this group of students, the investigators saw quite a few young and tender-faced boys and girls.

Each of them clenched their teeth tightly, resisting the constant assault on their sanity from Mysterious Evil, their faces pale, on the brink of collapse, but none fell.

This will! This resistance!

They were a bit incredulous. Even here at Xinhuo, there must be some basic logic, right?

“But the training base at Xinhuo has not been established for long either, correct?”

An investigator said.

In other words, even if this batch of new recruits trained for a long time, it wouldn’t be very long—five days might actually be true.

Are they all monsters?!

The teaching assistant, Xu Tian, was also not very old, but having fought against Mysterious Evil, been on the battlefield, and experienced many things, his youthful appearance had faded significantly. He had assumed the role of ‘teaching assistant’ at the training base.

He was called over at this time to explain the details of the course.

“Our course ‘Mysterious Evil Identification and Resistance Training’ is divided into several stages. The first stage involves recognizing some basic Mysterious Evils through textbooks and pictorials, lasting one lesson.”

“The second stage is to witness and resist the sanity assaults from Mysterious Evil in person. This stage has a total of five lessons, one lesson per day, starting with one Mysterious Evil and increasing incrementally to five.”

“But not all students can withstand it. In this batch, there were 73 students, but in the second stage, by the time the first lesson ended, 5 people couldn’t hold on and fainted. They were sent to the infirmary to rest and receive mental and spiritual treatment.”

“During the second and third lessons, another 3 and 2 people respectively could not endure it. Those students who couldn’t hold on had to be held back and trained together with the next batch of students.”

“It’s not that their resistance is very strong; it’s just that those who couldn’t hold on were downgraded.”

Xu Tian explained this with kindness, seeing that the investigators had some difficulty accepting it.

They at Xinhuo are not all monsters; look, there are still a lot of people who were downgraded, and even eliminated.

A lot?

At this moment, there were still sixty-odd people enduring the assault on their sanity without fainting, not a single one down—do you call that a high elimination rate?!

And moreover, wasn’t the duration of the sanity assaults incredibly long?

Did you spend most of the lesson just resisting these assaults?

But, the investigators had to admit that such a training method was very effective, extremely so. This was also the reason why many investigators quickly improved their resistance after officially starting their jobs—if they didn’t die, that is.

It’s just, they couldn’t learn it!

The headquarters’ training base imprisoned Mysterious Evil using special methods, only for containment and manifestation. Those Mysterious Evils were already at their final breaths and only suitable for observation.

A sanity assault? Very weak.

Nor was the manifestation complete; it appeared quite blurred to the eyes of ordinary people, unlike at Xinhuo’s training base where the Mysterious Evils were displayed one after another like models.

If they at the Investigation Bureau could also learn and achieve such conditions, it might not be possible to finish training as fast as several days. Still, perhaps they could reduce it to thirty days, or even twenty days.

If they had the chance, they would definitely seek advice.

This was what the deputy of Director Huang, Fu Feng, Zhou Hai, and others among the middle and upper echelons of the Investigation Bureau simultaneously thought.

They listened, “All these are basic courses. Passing them indicates passing the respective course. Among those who excel in the assessment, some even qualify for the advanced version of the course.”

“This includes personally fighting Mysterious Evil, facing higher-level Mysterious Evils, and so on. Of course, this is just our ‘Mysterious Evil Identification and Resistance Training’ course. We have many other training programs as well.”

“Such as ‘Murderous Intent Resistance and Willpower Training’, ‘Basic Physical Fitness Training’, ‘Electro-magnetic Sensitivity Training Course’, ‘Gravity Training’, and of course, more advanced courses that are only available to Awakeners.”

“We also have reward points prepared. As long as you perform excellently, you can exchange for Physical Fitness Elixirs and various items to enhance strength during the student period. Besides that, there are also…”

Xu Tian continued the introduction.

This speech was clearly not the first time he had delivered it, very fluent, only usually he was introducing to the freshly-arrived student recruits. This time, however, the audience consisted of visiting investigators.

He had piqued their interest!

…

The Secret Realm,

Xinhuo Palace was located in the reception room on one side.

Huang Hongtian stared at the vast palace that was tens of meters tall, and within the palace, eight massive columns wound by dragons that upheld the dome above.

He felt as if in a daze, as though in a dream, as if he had arrived in a different realm altogether.

No, the word ‘as if’ might be removed.

It took him a while to gradually regain his composure, trying hard not to appear discomposed; he was both slightly bitter and exhilarated.

He looked at the young man in front of him, dressed in a white robe.

The Xinhuo mentor!

“Thank you Xinhuo for your assistance on several occasions. I am here on behalf of the Investigation Bureau and Dong Huang Country to express our sincere gratitude.”

Huang Bureau clasped his fists.

“This is also part of our Xinhuo Palace’s duties.”

“The world is on the verge of falling into the abyss, and the disasters occurring now are just the beginning. In the future, there will be even more disasters following one after another, and it’s far from the time when we can take it easy. For this, we need the concerted effort of all parties.”

Fang You paused, then said, “The Investigation Bureau often charges to the frontlines, and we at Xinhuo Palace have seen this and greatly admire it. For this reason, we have spent a great deal of time and manpower setting up detection systems in many areas within Dong Huang country, systems that can detect the location of Mysterious Evils.”

He stretched out his hand and gave a light wave.

With coordination, Xiao Huan projected a light and shadow image, which was the map of a small town.

Red dots of various sizes were marked on the map, distributed throughout the city. By enlarging the map and zooming in, one could see the high precision of these marks, pinpointing specific streets, neighborhoods, and even individual buildings.

Mysterious Evil radar map!

Huang Hongtian was no stranger to it because pilot projects had been carried out in Baijiang and several other places—yes, pilot projects.

Thinking back, he now understood everything. Xinhuo Palace provided the information, and the investigators from Baijiang and other places carried out the missions, eradicating the Mysterious Evils.

The process and performance of this operation were all observed closely by Xinhuo Palace.

It was precisely because the performance in Baijiang and other places was good that Xinhuo Palace decided to engage in deeper cooperation with their Investigation Bureau and expended significant efforts and manpower to set up operations in many cities throughout Dong Huang!

Fortunately, the cities of Baijiang did not slack off and earned the recognition of Xinhuo Palace.

Once he returned, he would promote Zhou Hai.

The map kept zooming to reveal the full picture of Shuize State, followed by a larger area covering much of Dong Huang country. Dense red dots were scattered across the cities within that region.

This method was simply incredible!

But more than being unbelievable, the sacrifices Xinhuo Palace made to set up operations in city after city, just to ensure a safer society for the people… Huang Hongtian felt a deep respect for such dedication.

And he also felt ashamed.

“Our Investigation Bureau will not fail to live up to the efforts of Xinhuo Palace!”

He solemnly promised.

In return for their peach, he revealed a major secret held by the Investigation Bureau.

A secret location!

“A hidden place, a mysterious place, that’s how we refer to that location.”

“How it came about is still unclear, but the Secret Realm is quite magical, constantly producing Mysterious Evil materials, Ghastly Crystals, and other strange materials. Many of the mysterious materials and curiosities we currently have in our Investigation Bureau come from that Secret Realm.”

“However, the Secret Realm is also fraught with danger, as it produces Mysterious Evils and powerful Mysterious Evils at a rate far exceeding other places. If not cleared in time, the Secret Realm will soon be teeming with a terrifying number of Mysterious Evils, which will break out of the realm.”

“Because of this, our Bureau Chief Tang of the Investigation Bureau is stationed at the Secret Realm all year round, and some of our top agents and special forces members also take turns guarding it.”

Huang Hongtian explained.

Fang You had actually suspected this for a while. The information Xiao Huan had gathered was always missing a piece, and all the clues pointed to that dark area—the Secret Realm!

It was not beyond his expectations.

Even more so, when he connected the situation of the Secret Realm, the Ghastly Realm, and the process of entering the Ghastly Realm, he made a bold guess.

The Secret Realm might actually be the true entrance to the Ghastly Realm!

An intersection between the Ghastly Realm and reality. Of course, he estimated that certain conditions must be met to enter, and as for An Jianyou’s method of entry, it seemed more like taking a backdoor.

Where the Ghastly Realm and reality meet, would this give rise to all kinds of strange materials, even to curiosities?

Fang You pondered.

He was indeed very curious about the Secret Realm, so when Director Huang of the Bureau invited him, he pondered for a moment and then said, “At that time, I will send an avatar to go.”

…

That night,

The people from the Investigation Bureau returned to the branch office in Shuize City to rest.

Within a temporary office, Huang Hongtian was conducting a video call with Bureau Chief Tang, who had just emerged from the Secret Realm.

“The wonders of Xinhuo Palace could not be fully recounted in a day and a night.”

“Although our Investigation Bureau is in charge of the mysterious department within the Dong Huang region, there are still too many unknowns, too many things beyond our imagination in this world.”

Huang Bureau reflected.

From the video, a robust and powerful voice came through.

“Always maintain reverence.”

“You’re right,” Huang Hongtian nodded, “But Xinhuo Palace being so mysterious and powerful is a good thing for us and for the whole world.”

“It’s true, such a powerful entity as Xinhuo Palace is worried about the future, which means we are likely to face even more challenging obstacles.”

Thinking of Xinhuo Palace’s more efficient and wondrous training methods and some preliminary understandings they had reached before.

Huang Hongtian spoke up, “Should we send some trainees to Xinhuo Palace’s training base? Just for basic training, and if we pay a fee, I think Xinhuo Palace would not refuse.”

The man in the video pondered for a moment and said,

“Select a group of trainees from headquarters, a group of ordinary investigators to go to Xinhuo Palace’s base for an exchange and study, to see the effects.”